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I thought so too. I kept it seven years as a daily driver and even bought my wife one.
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1970 was the most desirable one to have. Most H.P. Scooped hood, Biggest tire option, most rare.
1969 was the fastest in the 1/4 mile, per S/S Hurst specials.
1968 was the fastest top end thanks to Craig Breedlove's record breaking runs.
http://bangshift.com/general-news/vi...run-in-an-amx/ (Note, no rear wing/spoiler or front air dam.)
Later Breedlove took the AMX for a Land speed Record of 189 mph officially, and over 200 mph unofficially.
Would have been so cool if Chrysler had done something similar with the Crossfire when it first came out.
1969 was the fastest in the 1/4 mile, per S/S Hurst specials.
1968 was the fastest top end thanks to Craig Breedlove's record breaking runs.
http://bangshift.com/general-news/vi...run-in-an-amx/ (Note, no rear wing/spoiler or front air dam.)
Later Breedlove took the AMX for a Land speed Record of 189 mph officially, and over 200 mph unofficially.
Would have been so cool if Chrysler had done something similar with the Crossfire when it first came out.
Last edited by +fireamx; 10-01-2015 at 02:16 PM.
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Just going by Classic Car "Book Values", and what seems to be the most sought after by the majority of AMX enthusiast's Ron. No disrespect was intended, you know I love em all. Personally, the only thing I liked better about the 70 model was the scooped hood, (who would have guessed?) and the dog-leg heads.
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And the air that scoop could provide.
Not to mention the space age seats compared to the earlier models.
Mine were leather. I do not think that was available earlier.
But there was a cleanliness of style in my wife's 68 1/2 with its shorter looking snout, rally stripes, loop carpet and gilled hood.
Not to mention the space age seats compared to the earlier models.
Mine were leather. I do not think that was available earlier.
But there was a cleanliness of style in my wife's 68 1/2 with its shorter looking snout, rally stripes, loop carpet and gilled hood.
Just going by Classic Car "Book Values", and what seems to be the most sought after by the majority of AMX enthusiast's Ron. No disrespect was intended, you know I love em all. Personally, the only thing I liked better about the 70 model was the scooped hood, (who would have guessed?) and the dog-leg heads.
Last edited by MiamiTVR; 10-01-2015 at 08:49 PM.
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Don't forget besides the dogleg heads, the higher compression. 70 was the only year with both, on all the V8's. And the deck height change in 71 made interchangeability … difficult. My 68 was rough, 60 over, lots of miles, 343 auto, hit in the rear and fixed in someones back yard. But I loved that car. To understand the AMX you must take a drive in one. Mine lost it's life to a 15 yr old girl with a learners permit … in Phoenix Arizona. I still miss it.
Les
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Don't forget besides the dogleg heads, the higher compression. 70 was the only year with both, on all the V8's. And the deck height change in 71 made interchangeability … difficult. My 68 was rough, 60 over, lots of miles, 343 auto, hit in the rear and fixed in someones back yard. But I loved that car. To understand the AMX you must take a drive in one. Mine lost it's life to a 15 yr old girl with a learners permit … in Phoenix Arizona. I still miss it.Les
Les I think all three years had 10:25.1 compression ratio. It was the DogLeg exhaust ports that really made them breath. Of course the larger carb on the 70 helped too. Leather was offered on the 69 seats, and I always enjoyed the reclining seat feature in the early cars over the straight up and down seat backs on the 70 seats. They came in really handy on long trips because they laid perfectly flat, and made a fairly comfortable bed.
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That's what I said but my writing skilzzz aren't the best. Does yours have any of the dealer installed options? Mine had the Edelbrock R4B instate manifold. Not one of the cams though, so I don't think it made any additional power. Were the dealer installed options even available in 70?
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My 70 was exactly as I wanted it with a 360, close ratio 4 speed, ram air set up (from the 390), factory side pipes, leather and factory luggage rack. This was a no air car with vacuum wipers and without power steering I believe. I added a later model steering rack as I recall to the 68 1/2 but otherwise it was as delivered with 343, air, automatic, power steering and go pak.
The experience each offered was different and both were every pleasing to own. It took a custom E-Type Jaguar to get me out of mine and a super nice VW Camper to get her out of hers.
The experience each offered was different and both were every pleasing to own. It took a custom E-Type Jaguar to get me out of mine and a super nice VW Camper to get her out of hers.
Last edited by MiamiTVR; 10-02-2015 at 01:41 PM.
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Les, AMC sold High Performance (Groupe 19) parts over the counter well into the 70's. At least as long as they were campaigning cars at major race tracks, (which would have been the Matador at NASCAR, or off road racing with the Jeep.)
I kept my car mechanically stock for the 1st. 30 years. Finally I got tired of the car suffering from "detonation" thanks to the progressively lower and lower octane ratings the oil companies offered us. So I installed the better breathing, (but lower compression ratio 1972 Heads.) To make up for the compression ratio deficit, I installed an R4b, mild cam, and later designed free flowing exhaust manifolds. (All with AMC part #'s). Unfortunately any performance gain I should have realized, was lost thanks to the lower compression ratio. Still my 1/4 mile times remained exactly the same, but I could run pump gas without mixing in racing fuel. I did gain about 10 mph on the top end.
I kept my car mechanically stock for the 1st. 30 years. Finally I got tired of the car suffering from "detonation" thanks to the progressively lower and lower octane ratings the oil companies offered us. So I installed the better breathing, (but lower compression ratio 1972 Heads.) To make up for the compression ratio deficit, I installed an R4b, mild cam, and later designed free flowing exhaust manifolds. (All with AMC part #'s). Unfortunately any performance gain I should have realized, was lost thanks to the lower compression ratio. Still my 1/4 mile times remained exactly the same, but I could run pump gas without mixing in racing fuel. I did gain about 10 mph on the top end.
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Thanks for sharing the link. I thought I was well informed on the AMX but I learned a lot I did not know before.
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